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Poetry Terms Quiz 79 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is the repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
2. Comparison between two things without using "like" or "as" . Keywords are is, or, are
3. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."What is this an example of?
4. Expression containing a figurative meaning that differs from the phrase's literal meaning
5. Repetition of vowel sounds within a group of words
6. An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings ofits constituent elements; not to be taken literally
7. A songlike poem that tells a story, often a sad story of betrayal, death or loss; steady rhythm and simple rhyme pattern is known as .....
8. Which poetry term is being used in the following line:'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'?
9. Any regular pattern of rhythm based on stressed and unstressed syllables
10. What are the different types of sonnets and their characteristics?
11. A stanza or poem that contains eight lines
12. Using letters of the alphabet in order to label the pattern of rhymes in a poem; for example:ABABCDCDEFEFGG
13. A pattern of rhyming words at the end of a line.
14. What is a cliche?
15. Ponyboy and Johnny read "Gone With the Wind"
16. Lines of poetry made up of 10 syllables, with 5 stressed sounds and 5 unstressed sounds
17. "A poem can make a person live forever" is an example of a .....
18. The medical care and treatment of the human foot
19. What is true about free verse poetry?
20. Line does not end with punctuation; continue to read on to the next line in order to complete the thought
21. Five-line poems or stanzas with a syllable pattern of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.
22. Which one of these is NOT a narrative type of poetry?
23. Writer of a poem
24. A comparison between two things using words such as, "like" or "as."Ex:Her smile was like a breath of fresh air.
25. A lyric poem on a serious subject, usually written in a precise structure
26. A poem that states the poems sadness
27. Songlike poetry that tells a story, often one dealing with adventure and romance
28. What rhymes in this stanza?Nothin' to sayWhen everything gets in the waySeems you cannot be replacedAnd I'm the one who will stay, oh-oh-oh
29. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
30. A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker
31. Jumbo shrimp is an example of .....
32. The main building block of a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose writing.
33. Language that cannot be taken literally
34. The use of words to imitate sounds; the words used, when pronounced, sound like the sound they describe. Ex:Bang, zoom, buzz
35. Giving human traits to non-human things
36. The voice that speaks behind the scene. In fact, it is the narrative voice that speaks of a writer's feelings or situation
37. Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
38. What is the central message or idea of a poem called?
39. The appearance of the words on the page
40. A comparison in which the poet writes about one thing as if it is something else:A = B, with the qualities of B transferred to A
41. Central idea of a work of literature
42. Which of the following details led you to choose the line you identified in question 9? 1 I wandered lonely as a cloud 2 That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 3 When all at once I saw a crowd, 4 A host, of golden daffodils; 5 Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 6 Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
43. Alliteration is defined as .....
44. A comparison between 2 or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unlike
45. This is the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.
46. A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines (like the chorus of a song)
47. Why is it important that the mask "hides cheeks and shades eyes" instead of nose, teeth, ears, etc?
48. "Lurk late ..... Sing Sin ..... Jazz June" are examples of .....
49. The repetition of initial consonant sounds:Susie sold sea shells down by the seashore.
50. The poem is told from the point of view of the .....
51. The poetic form that avoids using fixed patterns of meter or rhyme
52. A comparison of two things that does NOT use like or as
53. Words with the same ending syllables (bat, cat, rat, KitKat)
54. Repetition of sounds at the ends of words, can be at the end of the lines or within the lines
55. A 4-line poem with one of several schemes (also a stanza in a longer poem); the usual rhyme schemes include ABCB, AABB or ABAB
56. Mood refers to .....
57. The feeling or idea associated with a word.
58. What is the purpose of narrative poetry?
59. What ..... were you born?
60. Match the definition to the word:Anaphora
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